4iST ANNUAL REPORT, I902. 1^5 



British Association. — The Union has again been appointed 

 one of the Corresponding- Societies of the ^Association, and Avas 

 repiesented at the meeting at Belfast bv Mr. Harold ^^'ager, 

 F.L.S., who reports that he attended the hrst meeting of the 

 delegates of corresponding- societies at the Belfast meeting of 

 the British Association. An address was given by the chair- 

 man, Prof..W. W. Watts, on "Some of the means by which the 

 corresponding societies could best help on scientific work." The 

 usual desultory discussion followed. Prof. Watts very kindly 

 invited the delegates to an At Home at the Grand Central Hotel, 

 which was a conspicuous success, and gave members an 

 opportunity of becoming" acquainted with one another, and of 

 talking over the work done by their societies. A full report 

 of the meetings held will be sent to the societ}-. 



The Sections of the Union have »more or less steadily 

 carried on their work during' the vear, and, as the success of the 

 field excursions entirely depends upon the presence of the 

 Union's best v.^orkers in every department, it is hoped that 

 members will endeavour to support the arrangements made 

 by the general and sectional officers h\ their presence at as 

 many excursions as possible. 



Vertebrate Section. — The secretaries of the Vertebrate 

 Section ha\ e nothing of any inoment to report in connection 

 with the excursions. Each excursion has been attended by one 

 or more of the officers, and in everv case a fair number of \erte- 

 brates were reported, though nothing that calls for special 

 mention. The ordinar}' members ha\e not attended well, and 

 il is hoped that during the coming }eHi- the secretaries will not 

 have to again find fault with the attendance. lndi\idual mem- 

 bers have done a considerable amount of work-, apart iVoiii the 

 Union excursions, and it is hoped to deal with lliis in the report 

 to be published in the " Naturalist." 



Entomological Section. — The secretaries M'rite that 

 nothing- of special or imusual interest appears to have been 

 captured, seen or bred during the year, either by individual mem- 

 bers or at any of the Y.N.U. excursions, except Arge Galatea, 

 the marbled white butterfly specimens of which Mr. Reginald 

 Barker, of Scar'aorough, captured in a localit}' near York. 



Conchological Section. — As far as it is possible to judge 

 the work done by this section during 1902 has no features which 

 call for very special notice. The Coxwold excursion on Whil- 

 Monda\' added a few species to the existing records of the 

 district, and ;ui interesting capture of the da\' was Uclici^oiui 

 Idpicidd. .At Xortli Grimston, on June i-)lli, a good hag was 

 taken, the niost noteworthy species being ('(tci/ioidcs m/fiild. 

 The Bawti-}- excursion was spoilt by incessant rain, ;Mid onl}- a 

 few conimon species were noted, hut at Baugh Fell several 

 interesting species were taken, I'lipa scenic being perhaps the 



